DigitalGlobe releases first images taken from WorldView-3 satellite

One of the first images taken by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite of an airport in Madrid.

Longmont-based DigitalGlobe released the first images from its new satellite, WorldView-3, on Tuesday.

The high-resolution earth imagery satellite is the first to offer 30-centimeter resolution capabilities to a commercial audience following the U.S. government’s decision to loosen its restrictions this summer.

The first images released to the public, like the one seen here, is only 40-centimeters “because of the regulatory restrictions” that prevent it from displaying the 30-centimeter data yet, the company wrote in a post.

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